A six-year-old South Korean star from YouTube bought a 9.5 billion won (6.5 million pounds sterling) house with proceeds from her toy review chains and of vlog.
YouTuber, known as Boram, has more than 30 million subscribers on both channels and some of its videos have been viewed more than 350 million times.
She bought the house in Seoul's trendy Gangnam district – made famous around the world by Psy's song Gangnam Style, which was once the most-watched video on YouTube.
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Chains of toy reviews and other content aimed at a younger audience have proved extremely profitable in recent years. YouTuber, the biggest winner in 2018, made $ 22 million through its Ryan ToysReview channel.
Revenues can come from advertisements in videos or sponsored products that are reviewed on the YouTube channel. YouTubers can also earn money by selling merchandise or making donations sent by viewers.
It is not yet known what Boram intends to do with the house, although local media have speculated that it could be used to host more content for the channel.
Despite its popularity in South Korea, Boram's channels sparked controversy over several staged clips that showed it stealing money, driving cars and giving birth in 2017.
This prompted the charity Save The Children to sue Boram's parents for placing the young YouTuber in situations that may be mentally distressing.
The clips have since been removed from Boram's channels and parents apologized to the public for broadcasting footage that may have negatively influenced the minor viewers.
Earlier this year, YouTube made the decision to disable comments on children's videos, after fears were expressed about the use of the video sharing platform by a community. # 39; potential child abusers.
"We have disabled comments from tens of millions of videos that could lead to priority behavior," YouTube said in a statement.
"These efforts focus on videos featuring young minors and we will continue to identify at-risk videos in the coming months."